Wow, the Parsons blew through their personal best in the SD by a whopping 5 points and is just hair short of the lead and ahead of Zenkova/Sinitsin. That was unexpected. Looks like they had the highest TES that included scoring the second highest score on the patterns with 5 out of the 6 key points (only the Canadian Meng siblings scored higher -- they got level 4 on both and got all six key points). Kosigna/Moroshkin won on PCS, which I think is very appropriate. The Parsons do seem rough around the edges still.

The Parsons are a little rough, but I thought their program did bring a Hip Hip character to the dance that actually worked, particularly the lift.

And this was a much better performance for them than their last JGP:

I took some notes, if anyone is interested, here they are (a little bit fleshed out for the top finishers):

The SD was won by Evgenia KOSIGINA & Nikolai MOROSHKIN RUS. The Lake Placid JGP silver medalists again won the short dance, showing high speed throughout the fast-paced routine to "Capone" from the Celtic Tiger Live album by Ronan Hardimanas, as they did at Lake Placid. However, their Blues Pattern Dance scores dropped, due to the fact that they only got credit for 2 of the 6 key points, in contrast to Lake Placid where they were able to check off all 6. They completed an excellent level 4 curved lift where they demonstrated beautiful sharpness, especially in the dismount. And they received credit for level three on their midline step, something that few teams have done this year. However, their synchronization on their twizzles was not perfect.

The second place team of Rachel PARSONS / Michael PARSONS USA was a surprise. The pair showed their entertaining hiphop moves to Justin Timberlake, Madonna & Christian Hiphop Factory, and achieved a personal best, and the highest technical score of the event (31.93, a score so high that it would qualify them for senior worlds), almost 3 points higher than Kosigina & Moroshkin. The US pewter medalists hit 5 of 6 key points, and also earned a level 3 for their step sequence. Their smoothly skated blues pattern dance was the highlight of their routine, but they are one of the few teams that have successfully captured the character of hiphop dancing on ice. Their lift was particularly fine.

(They earned 56.35, a Huge PB improvement from their previous best of 51.07 at JGP Austria.

The Russian bronze medalists skated to your " Your Heart Is As Black As Night" and "Swing: Brother Swing" Like their teamates, they struggled a bit with the Blues Pattern Dance, hitting only 3 of 6 key points. They also had trouble maintaining a match of legline in the swingrolls & Choctaws in the blues pattern dance. The speed of rotation in their lift was especially thrilling, and the judges liked it very much. They only received level 3 in the twizzles. Consequently, their TES was over 3 points lower than the Parson's score.
They seemed to have trouble maintaining unison throughout the swing part of the dance, which was rather frenetic.

4 Mackenzie BENT / Garrett MACKEEN CAN, the Lake Placid JGP bronze medalists, also hit only 3 of the 6 key points in the pattern dance, to finish a disappointing fourth to s: History Is Made At Night by Marc Shaiman &I Never Met A Wolf Who Didn't Love.
Mackenzie is 15, and Garrett is 18.. However, their high PCS score indicates that they may finish higher in the long program. Their curved lift was interesting, and definitely the highlight of the routine, and their level 4 twizzles were very good. If I were them, I'd lose the white satin dress with the plunging neckline that Mackenzie is wearing. She and Garret seem to be dressed for entirely different programs.

blues kind of far apart
There seems to be a rash of these white ugly dresses with plunging necklines at this SD
hydroblade cute
legs not quite even in the blues
the lift is the pair cantilever. He used his hand to get her into the position, which is probably why it ended up as level 2.

This is an interesting couple from Canada. They are the only team here to hit all 6 of 6 key points, and so finished 4th even with a fall by Andrew as he took his ending pose. Their blues pattern was the highlight of their routine, showing a brother sister team can excel at the blues. They finished the routine to Hiphop, skating to "Bang, Bang (She Shot Me) by K'NAAN. They lost track of each other and the timing to the demanding hiphop rhythm in the step, leading to their receiving only level 1 for that element.

very close in height (short)
blues:
uneven legline on the front kick by the girl. Odd that
I can see
hiphop:
K'Naan Bang Bang (She Shot Me)
twizzles
not on the beat
very long posing sequence in the middle.
standard rotation lift but a pretty good one

Judge NINE (BULGARIA) destested the Mengs (three -1's ! All the other judges gave them positives.

They got a one point deduction for a fall ! (obv not on an element; it was on the final pose)

Highlight Rotational Lift

7 Anna NAGORNYUK / Viktor KOVALENKO UZB 44.08 20.15 23.93 6.04 5.75 6.11 6.07 5.93 0.00 #4
SD Blues: One Night by Elvis Presley; Jive: Long Tall Sally by Elvis Presley
He has great style and the little shimmy moves before they started the jive were just great.
She? not so much. Sloppy edges. Their arms in the blues cd bug me, being held way too high, and way too outstretched. Still an amusing routine, and definitely in 1950's/early 1960's character..